The music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
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I built the solenoid and with great expectations late one evening I pressed the switch which sent a current of 40 amperes… — Nicholas Kurti Copy Share Image
I have often had cause to feel that my hands are cleverer than my head. That is a crude way of characterizing… — George Wald Copy Share Image
The investigation of causal relations between economic phenomena presents many problems of peculiar difficulty, and offers many opportunities for fallacious conclusions. Since… — Udny Yule Copy Share Image
As a global society we are performing a great experiment on ourselves. Half of the world population wants to race faster into… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
The physicist, in his study of natural phenomena, has two methods of making progress: (1) the method of experiment and observation, and… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
One can get a proper insight into the practice of flying only by actual flying experiments. . . . The manner in… — Otto Lilienthal Copy Share Image
Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Science has been effective at furthering our understanding of nature because the scientific ethos is based on three key principles: (1) follow… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Discerning the merits of competing claims is where the empirical basis of science should play a role. I cannot stress often enough… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
The lessons learned on a pure practical production standpoint were immense. It instilled a faith that you can accomplish what you want… — Sam Pressman Copy Share Image
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. While I was conducting experiments to make spineless cacti, I… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
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